"His name is Kariya, and he is Berserker's Master," Shirou reminded.
"Is that so...?"
Irisviel lowered her body and stretched out her right hand to use magecraft to investigate the body of Kariya.
"Heart failure. His liver, kidneys, and lungs have all been devoured by worms and turned into magical energy."
Irisviel sighed.
"To actually use worms to overdraw one's body and increase mana... It is a disgusting magecraft."
Shirou sighed as well.
He didn't feel disgusted; he just felt that this man was a little pitiful. Squatting down, Shirou stretched out his right hand and placed it on the face of the dead Kariya.
"Don't worry, Sakura has been rescued. You can rest now."
Gently brushing the man's eyelids, Shirou closed his eyes for him.
Irisviel looked at Shirou's appearance and sighed in her heart. Suddenly, she was a little concerned about the "Sakura" he mentioned. Just when she wanted to ask, there was a strange sound in the forest.
"Who!?"
Saber, who was following behind, was immediately keenly aware of it and shouted toward the nearby woods.
"Who is there!"
With Saber shouting, there was a more pronounced sound in the rows of trees, and the sound of rustling was getting closer and closer. Seeing this, Saber hurriedly protected Irisviel behind her.
The next moment, a pitch-black shadow moved through the forest at high speed. In an instant, it broke through the dense forest, knocked down several large trees, and finally came to the clearing to confront Saber.
"That guy is... Berserker...?"
The creature in the black armor with scarlet eyes full of hatred was undoubtedly Berserker in a state of rage.
"Arrr...!"
From the helmet came a very muffled roar.
"Oops, even if he lost his Master, Berserker has the ability to act independently...!" Irisviel couldn't help but exclaim. "As long as he sees Saber, he falls into a state of rage. Why is that? Could it be that Berserker knows you, Saber?"
"This... I..."
Hearing Irisviel's inquiry, Saber couldn't think of an answer for a while.
"Trace... on!"
Shirou mobilized the magical energy in his body that he had managed to recover a little and projected dozens of Noble Phantasms, aiming at Berserker not far away.
However, Shirou, who was about to make a move, suddenly thought of something. His face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly waved his hand to withdraw all the weapons.
"What is wrong, Shirou?" Irisviel asked, confused.
"I almost forgot. One of the Noble Phantasms that Berserker possesses is called Knight of Owner!"
"Knight of Owner...?"
Irisviel chewed on the name, unable to understand it for a moment. After all, she doesn't have the advantage of foresight like Shirou, nor does she have the ability to see the status values of the enemy Servant as a Master.
Shirou then explained to her.
"It is a power that can give the attributes of a Noble Phantasm to whatever is in his hands. As long as he picks up something that can be recognized as a 'weapon,' he can turn it into a D-rank Noble Phantasm. In the first battle, Berserker was able to grab the weapons thrown by Archer and directly control them. It was for this reason that all of Archer's Noble Phantasms were knocked down."
After listening to Shirou's detailed explanation, Irisviel nodded in understanding.
"Is that so..."
Saber, who also heard Shirou's explanation, spoke at this moment.
"Don't worry, I don't need you to make a move. I am confident that I can beat Berserker now."
Indeed, after concluding a contract with Shirou, she had greatly improved in both strength and speed. It was just that when the contract was concluded, Shirou didn't have much magical energy, so Saber naturally didn't get much of a mana supplement.
Thinking of this, Shirou had a flash of inspiration. Without hesitation, he raised his right hand, faced Saber, and spoke.
"Restore Saber's magical energy with this Command Spell!"
There was a hot sensation on the back of his hand, and the next moment, the Command Spell disappeared with a stroke. At the same time, after feeling the magical energy in her body suddenly fill up, Saber showed joy and quickly looked at Shirou with gratitude.
"Thank you, Shirou... With your support, I will never lose now!"
Then, Saber raised the Sword of Promised Victory she held in her hand and swung it towards Berserker!
"Hah!"
Clang————!
The tremor immediately echoed, and even the leaves swayed to it.
Even though Saber's stats have skyrocketed now, she is basically among the top few Servants in the field of hand-to-hand combat. However, Berserker's strong attribute values are exchanged for his reason. It can be said that except for the two attributes of "Mana" and "Luck," the rest of Berserker's attributes can basically compete with Saber.
"Hah!"
Saber shouted, and the Invisible Air wrapped around the holy sword was directly released at this moment. The reverse tornado attacked Berserker, blowing the unprepared black knight upside down!
Saber seized this opportunity and stepped forward with her sword as fast as she could, leaving an afterimage. She appeared in front of Berserker in just a few seconds and then slashed with her sword!
However, even though Berserker was in the air, he was still able to twist his body in an incredible way at this moment with his A-rank skill, Eternal Arms Mastership. The crowbar held in his right hand also collided with the long sword swung by Saber!
Bang————!
Fierce sparks flew in all directions. The crowbar finally couldn't withstand the quality of the holy sword and was directly cut in half by Saber. Although Berserker was able to turn an object into a D-rank Noble Phantasm even if he picked up a crowbar with his bare hands, its quality was still far from Excalibur, which was forged by the planet.